The "let's not take this shyt so seriously" AEW news & fukkery thread
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I was doing some research on arenas in England & seems like they're isn't much big ones except for O2 & some in cities like Birmingham and Manchester. Guess with EPL being the popular sport & mostly that, there's not a bunch of big arenas like the nba & nhl have. Then I went into looking what other sports are out there since I know the NFL hosts a few games a season. I did see rugby & cricket mentioned but those are outdoor not arena ones. Did see a basketball one called the British Basketball League aka the BBL which has a completely different meaning on this side of the world. But seems like most of the events are in small arenas whether wrestling or in general.
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Yeah, that's the main difference - all our most popular sports are outdoor, so most towns will have a stadium for a football team, a lot will have a second for rugby and maybe a cricket ground too but we don't have a league full of basketball/hockey size arenas for this sort of thing.
The bigger indoor arenas are based around entertainment rather than sport and so they tend to be in the bigger cities - London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh all have 20k+ seater arenas. Bristol has been supposedly building one for a decade but still not got it done yet.
The Doncaster venue Mercedes wrestled Kanji at is a mixed use sports/leisure centre with a swimming pool and an ice rink that holds youth sporting events, minor comedians and music tribute acts... something like our equivalent of a high school gym over there.
The Wolverhampton venue is a converted steel warehouse from when Wolverhampton had an actual economy, similar kind of venue that will book smaller music acts, club nights and comedy. Not too different from the 2300 tbh, but a little smaller and in a way less major town (if Birmingham is a Philly then Wolverhampton is more like a Scranton).
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AEW’s Tony Schiavone flew cross-country to adopt a rescue dog from Monroe’s Motley Zoo
AEW’s Tony Schiavone flew cross-country to adopt a rescue dog from Monroe’s Motley Zoo
Using frequent flyer miles, he flew to Seattle from Atlanta, took an Uber to Monroe, and brought home a dog named Dobby—all in one day.
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Christian having the reunion with Cope on hold because he wants to properly complete the Patriarchy story with Nick Wayne is just another example of why Christian is the Father of the Year, always looking out for his son like a proud papa 
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A lot of rumors/speculation that they are going to introduce a women's tag titles. I've been noticing a lot of women wearing matching gear of late as well
Toni Storm is a 4x champion. Mercedes needs the win much more than her.
It’s like Orton vs HHH at WM25
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Mercedes also needs to take a pin since that hasn't happened yet in AEW. There's a story that could be built around her collecting belts around the world but not the one at home that writes itself.
Mercedes already has the secondary title of the promotion if she gets the World Title then what ?
The story should be that she can't win the "big one" because she's too greedy and want all the titles while Toni only needs one, she even said it numerous times during the build.
I don't agree that she needs the win more than Toni, it's the biggest match of Toni's career and she lost twice at All In already, Mercedes has won multiple world titles in WWE, has main evented WrestleMania.
Mercedes falling into a downward spiral after losing then struggling a bit before winning the AEW Women's Championship as a babyface down the line is the right move imo, it will be way more impactful than her just collecting another belt right now.
Is that how you would do it?
This is dumb as fucck for multiple reasons.
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The fact that either Mercedes or Toni could win and both make sense is why this is so well booked.